IIAPS

Overview

IIAPS works with clients to develop and implement world-class category management and strategic sourcing processes including supporting tools, templates and guidance modules.

This follows a simple process:

• Identification of Major Weaknesses in Current Category Management & Strategic Sourcing Process
• Comparison against IIAPS's view of World-Class Category Management & Strategic Sourcing Process – including all key Process Steps, Activities, Tasks and Deliverables and for all required Levels of Analysis
• Either Purchase of 'Standard' or 'Advanced' IIAPS Category Management & Strategic Sourcing Processes, or Joint Development of Bespoke Category Management & Strategic Sourcing Process for the client, with Fully Defined Process Flow Mapping for each Pre- and Post-Contractual Process Step, detailing the Activities and Tasks at each step
• Either Purchase of IIAPS 'Standard' or 'Advanced' or Joint Development of Supporting User Guidance Process Flow & Modules for each of the Activities and Tasks to be undertaken and Key Decision Gate Document Templates
• Identification of Individual Competence Assessment & Development needs to support the new process.

Our basic development and implementation approach offers three options is detailed in the following sections.

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Option 1: Purchase of the IIAPS Standard Category Management & Strategic Sourcing Methodology

IIAPS provides a standard category management and strategic sourcing process to help category teams undertake sourcing in a consistent, professional and robust manner.

Our Standard Sourcing offer includes a fully defined category management and strategic sourcing process, with the following attributes:

• Standard Pre- and Post-Contractual Process Steps (which can, if required, be modified from our standard 7-Step or 8-Step options, see below)

• Fully Defined Process Flow Mapping for each Step, and for 38 Activities and Tasks

• User Guidance Process Flow and Modules for each of the 38 Activities and Tasks to be undertaken and Key Decision Gate Document Templates

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Option 2: Purchase of the IIAPS Advanced Category Management & Strategic Sourcing Methodology

IIAPS provides a fully developed advanced category management & strategic sourcing process to help category teams undertake sourcing in a fully consistent, professional and robust manner.

Our Advanced Sourcing provides far greater detail and more tools and techniques than our Standard Sourcing offer, and includes a fully defined Full Sourcing category management and strategic sourcing process, with the attributes below:

• Fully Defined Pre- and Post-Contractual Process Steps (which can, if required, be modified from our standard 7-Step or 8-Step options)
• Fully Defined Process Flow Mapping for each Step, and for 106 Activities and Tasks
• User Guidance Process Flow and Modules for each of the 106 Activities and Tasks to be undertaken and Key Decision Gate Document Templates

Furthermore, because all categories of spend cannot be managed easily using a Full Sourcing approach, we also provide an additional 3 Levels of Analysis, as follows:

PRO SOURCING covering 90 activities and tasks (at a lower level of detail, but with Defined Process Flow Mapping for each Step, and with User Guidance Modules and Key Decision Gate Document Templates for each of the 90 Activities and Tasks to be undertaken).

LITE SOURCING covering 38 activities and tasks (at a much lower level of detail, but with Defined Process Flow Mapping for each Step, and with User Guidance Modules and Key Decision Gate Document Templates for each of the 38 Activities and Tasks to be undertaken).

EXPEDITED SOURCING covering 25 activities and tasks (at a very simple level of detail, but with Defined Process Flow Mapping for each Step used, and with User Guidance Modules and Key Decision Gate Document Templates for each of the 25 Activities and Tasks to be undertaken).

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Option 3: Joint Creation of a Client-Specific Category Management & Strategic Sourcing Methodology

As organisations have their own unique historic, cultural and regulatory requirements we also provide a Modification Support Service.

This service is offered on an hourly/day rate basis to support the modification of our standard Process Flow, Guidance Modules and Decision Gate Documents to meet specific and unique corporate requirements.

Our standard and advanced methodologies can be modified and adapted to meet any number of client process and system Step, activity and task requirements.

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